I was up before seven. Though Ellie was back at school, Zoe didn't have an early start, so we could have a more leisurely start and then walk around to Zoe's in time to take Ellie to school. We dropped her off at the classroom (explaining to her teacher about her broken pinky). Di headed home, and I set off for my walk.
I finished my latest "Venice" audiobook during the walk. I was so engrossed that I took several different turns during the walk. I suspect the book, by David Hewson, was the last in that series. He has certainly left it in such a way that I suspect there will be no more, but there is an opening if he changes his mind.
Once home and with breakfast finished, we set off for Chichester. The main road running from our estate towards Bognor is closed for the next month. This makes it easy to get out of the estate towards Chichester, but it seems to be causing chaos in the other direction. Once parked, we strolled along East Street, where Di stopped to pick up a birthday present for a friend and then headed to M&S for some clothes shopping. I went to the bank. The DVLA had sent me a cheque as a refund for the old car's road fund license. The trouble is that business cheques are notoriously difficult to capture on the mobile banking app (though personal cheques, which have different dimensions, are fine). This meant a trip to the bank. It didn't take long, then I went to meet up with Di. We grabbed a coffee, then made our way home.
The afternoon saw the usual Kindle time until we had to collect Ellie from athletics. She had had a good day and was really chirpy as we took her home to Zoe.
